it will have to be done againhabrá que volver a hacerlo;habrá que hacerlo de nuevo

what's he ever done for me?¿qué ha hecho él por mí?

she has done so much for this country

what can I do for you?¿en qué puedo servirle?;¿qué se le ofrece?; (LAm)could you do something for me?¿me podrías hacer un favor?;what are we going to do for money?¿de dónde vamos a sacar dinero?

what does he do for a living?

that dress doesn't do a lot for youeste vestido no te queda muy bien;the new measures will do a lot for small businesseslas nuevas medidas serán de gran ayuda para las pequeñas empresas;after the accident she couldn't do much for herselfdespués del accidente casi no podía valerse por sí misma

Weaver is absolutely brilliant and she has done a lot for women with her strong part in the film

if you do anything to him I'll kill yousi le haces algo te mato

what's he done to his hair?¿qué se ha hecho en el pelo?;I could see what the stress was doing to himera evidente cómo le estaba afectando el estrés

what are you doing to that poor cat?

what have you done with my slippers?¿dónde has puesto mis zapatillas?

what am I going to do with you?¿qué voy a hacer contigo?;what are you doing with yourself these days?¿qué haces ahora?;what am I going to do with myself for the rest of the day?¿qué puedo hacer el resto del día?;she didn't know what to do with herself once the children had left homese encontró un poco perdida cuando sus hijos se fueron de casa

the work is being done by a local builderun albañil de la zona está haciendo el trabajo;I've got a few jobs that need doing around the housetengo algunas cosas que hacer en la casa;she was doing the crosswordestaba haciendo el crucigrama;to do the washinghacer la colada

Some [do] + noun combinations require a more specific Spanish verb:

Edmund does all the accountsEdmund se encarga de or lleva la contabilidad

to do the cookingcocinar

he did a drawing/portrait of herla dibujó/retrató;hizo un dibujo/retrato de ella

he did six years (in jail)pasó seis años en la cárcel;he did two years as ambassador in Lagosestuvo dos años como embajador en Lagos;I did five years as a policemanfui policía durante cinco años;they have to do two years military servicetienen que hacer dos años de servicio militar

they do a summer course in paintingdan un curso de verano de pintura;we only do one make of glovessolo tenemos una marca de guantes;they do an estate version of this carfabrican un modelo familiar de este coche;we do evening meals if ordered in advanceservimos cenas si se encargan con antelación;I can do you a discount on this modelle puedo hacer un descuento en este modelo

8(study)[+university course, option]hacer;estudiar

I want to do Physics at universityquiero hacer or estudiar física en la universidad;to do Italianhacer or estudiar italiano;we're doing Orwell this termestamos estudiando a Orwell este trimestre

9(Teat)[+play]representar;poner;[+part]hacer

he did King Lear in a BBC productionhizo (el papel) de King Lear en una producción de la BBC

10(mimic)[+person]imitar

he does his maths master to perfectionimita a su profesor de matemáticas a la perfección;she was doing the worried mother bit (very_informal)hacía el numerito de la típica madre preocupada (informal)

11(Aut)(Ferro)etc(travel at)[+speed]ir a;(cover)[+distance]cubrir

the car can do 100 miles per hourel coche puede ir a 100 millas por hora;the car was doing 100 miles per hourel coche iba a 100 millas por hora;we've done 200km alreadyya hemos hecho 200km;we did London to Edinburgh in 8 hoursfuimos de Londres a Edimburgo en 8 horas

12(attend to)

the barber said he'd do me nextel barbero dijo que después me tocaría a mí;they do you very well in this hotelen este hotel te dan muy buen servicio

this room will doesta habitación ya me va bien;will it do if I come back at eight?¿va bien si vuelvo a las ocho?;will tomorrow do?¿iría bien mañana?;it's not exactly what I wanted, but it will or it'll dono es exactamente lo que quería pero servirá;this coat will do as a blanketeste abrigo servirá de manta;that will have to dotendremos que conformarnos con eso

that won't do, you'll have to do it againasí no está bien, tendrás que volver a hacerlo

you can't go on your own, that would never do!no podemos consentir que vayas sola, ¡eso no puede ser!

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